P/2006 F1 (Kowalski)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 60465:P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Epoch 2008 Feb. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454520.5 T 2008 Feb. 19.8784 TT MPC q 4.119414 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0971896 Peri. 186.8721 +0.6576156 +0.6918918 a 4.685143 Node 124.7575 -0.6727743 +0.7173832 e 0.120750 Incl. 21.2702 -0.3389933 -0.0815300 P 10.1 From 204 observations 2005 May 10-2007 July 5, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2008 Feb. 19.2664 TT MPC q 4.119781 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0974627 Peri. 186.8158 +0.6569810 +0.6924716 a 4.676388 Node 124.7611 -0.6734378 +0.7167784 e 0.119025 Incl. 21.2752 -0.3389062 -0.0819253 P 10.1An explanation of the orbital elements is available.
These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.
Ephemeris
The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.Personalized ephemerides for this (and other) objects may be generated using the Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service.
Recent magnitude estimates for this comet (as reported to the ICQ) may be available.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2WARNING! 2009 06 08 01 37.22 -08 27.9 4.756 4.331 59.6 11.7 17.8 2009 06 13 01 41.51 -08 22.6 4.698 4.335 63.1 12.1 17.7 2009 06 18 01 45.64 -08 19.4 4.639 4.339 66.7 12.4 17.7 2009 06 23 01 49.59 -08 18.4 4.578 4.343 70.3 12.7 17.7 2009 06 28 01 53.35 -08 19.7 4.515 4.347 74.0 13.0 17.7 2009 07 03 01 56.90 -08 23.3 4.452 4.351 77.8 13.2 17.6 2009 07 08 02 00.23 -08 29.3 4.387 4.355 81.6 13.3 17.6 2009 07 13 02 03.32 -08 37.6 4.322 4.359 85.4 13.4 17.6 2009 07 18 02 06.16 -08 48.3 4.256 4.364 89.3 13.5 17.5 2009 07 23 02 08.73 -09 01.4 4.191 4.368 93.2 13.4 17.5 2009 07 28 02 11.00 -09 16.8 4.126 4.372 97.3 13.3 17.5 2009 08 02 02 12.96 -09 34.6 4.062 4.376 101.3 13.1 17.5 2009 08 07 02 14.61 -09 54.5 4.000 4.381 105.5 12.9 17.4 2009 08 12 02 15.92 -10 16.6 3.939 4.385 109.6 12.6 17.4 2009 08 17 02 16.88 -10 40.5 3.881 4.389 113.8 12.2 17.4 2009 08 22 02 17.48 -11 06.3 3.826 4.393 118.1 11.7 17.3 2009 08 27 02 17.71 -11 33.5 3.773 4.398 122.4 11.2 17.3 2009 09 01 02 17.57 -12 01.9 3.725 4.402 126.6 10.6 17.3 2009 09 06 02 17.06 -12 31.1 3.681 4.407 130.8 10.0 17.3 2009 09 11 02 16.18 -13 00.8 3.641 4.411 135.0 9.3 17.3 2009 09 16 02 14.95 -13 30.6 3.607 4.415 139.0 8.6 17.2 2009 09 21 02 13.39 -14 00.0 3.578 4.420 142.8 7.9 17.2 2009 09 26 02 11.52 -14 28.4 3.555 4.424 146.3 7.2 17.2 2009 10 01 02 09.37 -14 55.4 3.539 4.429 149.2 6.6 17.2 2009 10 06 02 07.00 -15 20.6 3.528 4.433 151.6 6.2 17.2 2009 10 11 02 04.43 -15 43.3 3.525 4.438 153.0 5.9 17.2 2009 10 16 02 01.73 -16 03.3 3.528 4.442 153.4 5.8 17.2 2009 10 21 01 58.95 -16 20.0 3.538 4.447 152.7 5.9 17.2 2009 10 26 01 56.15 -16 33.3 3.555 4.451 151.0 6.2 17.2 2009 10 31 01 53.39 -16 42.8 3.579 4.456 148.5 6.7 17.3 2009 11 05 01 50.73 -16 48.5 3.609 4.460 145.3 7.3 17.3 2009 11 10 01 48.21 -16 50.3 3.645 4.465 141.7 7.9 17.3 2009 11 15 01 45.89 -16 48.1 3.688 4.469 137.7 8.6 17.3 2009 11 20 01 43.80 -16 42.1 3.735 4.474 133.6 9.2 17.4 2009 11 25 01 42.00 -16 32.3 3.788 4.479 129.2 9.8 17.4 2009 11 30 01 40.50 -16 19.1 3.846 4.483 124.8 10.4 17.4 2009 12 05 01 39.34 -16 02.6 3.908 4.488 120.4 10.9 17.5 2009 12 10 01 38.51 -15 43.1 3.973 4.493 116.0 11.4 17.5 2009 12 15 01 38.03 -15 20.8 4.042 4.497 111.5 11.7 17.6 2009 12 20 01 37.92 -14 56.1 4.113 4.502 107.1 12.1 17.6 2009 12 25 01 38.16 -14 29.2 4.187 4.507 102.7 12.3 17.6 2009 12 30 01 38.75 -14 00.4 4.262 4.511 98.4 12.5 17.7 2010 01 04 01 39.68 -13 29.9 4.338 4.516 94.1 12.5 17.7 2010 01 09 01 40.94 -12 58.0 4.415 4.521 89.9 12.6 17.8 2010 01 14 01 42.51 -12 25.0 4.492 4.525 85.7 12.5 17.8 2010 01 19 01 44.39 -11 50.9 4.568 4.530 81.6 12.4 17.9 2010 01 24 01 46.55 -11 16.1 4.644 4.535 77.5 12.2 17.9 2010 01 29 01 48.99 -10 40.8 4.719 4.539 73.5 12.0 17.9 2010 02 03 01 51.67 -10 05.1 4.793 4.544 69.6 11.7 18.0 2010 02 08 01 54.60 -09 29.1 4.865 4.549 65.7 11.4 18.0 2010 02 13 01 57.74 -08 53.0 4.934 4.553 61.9 11.0 18.0 2010 02 18 02 01.09 -08 16.9 5.001 4.558 58.2 10.6 18.1 2010 02 23 02 04.63 -07 41.1 5.066 4.563 54.5 10.2 18.1 2010 02 28 02 08.35 -07 05.5 5.128 4.568 50.9 9.7 18.1 2010 03 05 02 12.22 -06 30.3 5.186 4.572 47.3 9.2 18.2 2010 03 10 02 16.25 -05 55.6 5.241 4.577 43.9 8.6 18.2 2010 03 15 02 20.40 -05 21.5 5.293 4.582 40.5 8.1 18.2 2010 03 20 02 24.69 -04 48.0 5.340 4.587 37.2 7.5 18.3 2010 03 25 02 29.08 -04 15.3 5.384 4.591 34.0 7.0 18.3 2010 03 30 02 33.57 -03 43.5 5.424 4.596 30.9 6.4 18.3 2010 04 04 02 38.14 -03 12.5 5.459 4.601 28.0 5.9 18.3 2010 04 09 02 42.79 -02 42.5 5.491 4.606 25.3 5.3 18.3 2010 04 14 02 47.51 -02 13.5 5.518 4.610 22.9 4.8 18.3 2010 04 19 02 52.29 -01 45.7 5.541 4.615 20.7 4.4 18.4 2010 04 24 02 57.11 -01 18.9 5.559 4.620 19.0 4.1 18.4 2010 04 29 03 01.96 -00 53.4 5.573 4.625 17.8 3.8 18.4 2010 05 04 03 06.84 -00 29.1 5.582 4.629 17.3 3.7 18.4 2010 05 09 03 11.73 -00 06.1 5.587 4.634 17.5 3.8 18.4 2010 05 14 03 16.64 +00 15.5 5.587 4.639 18.3 3.9 18.4 2010 05 19 03 21.54 +00 35.8 5.583 4.644 19.7 4.2 18.4 2010 05 24 03 26.42 +00 54.7 5.575 4.648 21.6 4.6 18.4 2010 05 29 03 31.29 +01 12.1 5.562 4.653 23.8 5.1 18.4 2010 06 03 03 36.12 +01 28.0 5.545 4.658 26.4 5.5 18.4 2010 06 08 03 40.90 +01 42.5 5.523 4.663 29.1 6.1 18.4 2010 06 13 03 45.64 +01 55.4 5.498 4.667 32.0 6.6 18.4 2010 06 18 03 50.30 +02 06.8 5.468 4.672 35.0 7.2 18.4 2010 06 23 03 54.89 +02 16.6 5.435 4.677 38.1 7.7 18.4 2010 06 28 03 59.40 +02 24.8 5.397 4.681 41.3 8.2 18.4 2010 07 03 04 03.80 +02 31.4 5.356 4.686 44.5 8.8 18.4 2010 07 08 04 08.09 +02 36.5 5.312 4.691 47.9 9.2 18.3 2010 07 13 04 12.25 +02 39.9 5.264 4.695 51.3 9.7 18.3This comet gets close to the sun during the period covered in the ephemeris below. Observers are warned to be wary of observing comets near the sun. NEVER point any kind of optical instrument at the sun--instant blindness will be the probable result.
